Module: AbstractController::Callbacks::ClassMethods
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Defined in: | actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb |
Instance Method Summary
-
#_insert_callbacks(callbacks, block = nil)
Take callback names and an optional callback proc, normalize them, then call the block with each callback.
-
#_normalize_callback_options(options)
If
:only
or:except
are used, convert the options into the:unless
and:if
options of ::ActiveSupport::Callbacks. -
#after_action(names, block)
Append a callback after actions.
-
#append_after_action(names, block)
Append a callback after actions.
-
#append_around_action(names, block)
Append a callback around actions.
-
#append_before_action(names, block)
Append a callback before actions.
-
#around_action(names, block)
Append a callback around actions.
-
#before_action(names, block)
Append a callback before actions.
-
#prepend_after_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback after actions.
-
#prepend_around_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback around actions.
-
#prepend_before_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback before actions.
-
#skip_action_callback(*names)
(also: #skip_filter)
Skip before, after, and around action callbacks matching any of the names.
-
#skip_after_action(names)
Skip a callback after actions.
-
#skip_around_action(names)
Skip a callback around actions.
-
#skip_before_action(names)
Skip a callback before actions.
-
#skip_filter(*names)
Alias for #skip_action_callback.
Instance Method Details
#_insert_callbacks(callbacks, block = nil)
Take callback names and an optional callback proc, normalize them, then call the block with each callback. This allows us to abstract the normalization across several methods that use it.
Parameters
-
callbacks
- An array of callbacks, with an optional options hash as the last parameter. -
block
- A proc that should be added to the callbacks.
Block Parameters
-
name
- The callback to be added -
options
- A hash of options to be used when adding the callback
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 71
def _insert_callbacks(callbacks, block = nil) = callbacks. ( ) callbacks.push(block) if block callbacks.each do |callback| yield callback, end end
#_normalize_callback_options(options)
If :only
or :except
are used, convert the options into the :unless
and :if
options of ::ActiveSupport::Callbacks. The basic idea is that :only
=> :index
gets converted to :if
=> proc {|c| c.action_name == “index” }.
Options
-
only
- The callback should be run only for this action -
except
- The callback should be run for all actions except this action
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 33
def ( ) _normalize_callback_option(, :only, :if) _normalize_callback_option(, :except, :unless) end
#after_action(names, block)
Append a callback after actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 109
rdoc_method :method: after_action
#append_after_action(names, block)
Append a callback after actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 130
rdoc_method :method: append_after_action
#append_around_action(names, block)
Append a callback around actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 158
rdoc_method :method: append_around_action
#append_before_action(names, block)
Append a callback before actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 102
rdoc_method :method: append_before_action
#around_action(names, block)
Append a callback around actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 137
rdoc_method :method: around_action
#before_action(names, block)
Append a callback before actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 81
rdoc_method :method: before_action
#prepend_after_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback after actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 116
rdoc_method :method: prepend_after_action
#prepend_around_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback around actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 144
rdoc_method :method: prepend_around_action
#prepend_before_action(names, block)
Prepend a callback before actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 88
rdoc_method :method: prepend_before_action
#skip_action_callback(*names) Also known as: #skip_filter
Skip before, after, and around action callbacks matching any of the names.
Parameters
-
names
- A list of valid names that could be used for callbacks. Note that skipping uses Ruby equality, so it's impossible to skip a callback defined using an anonymous proc using #skip_action_callback
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 52
def skip_action_callback(*names) skip_before_action(*names) skip_after_action(*names) skip_around_action(*names) end
#skip_after_action(names)
Skip a callback after actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 123
rdoc_method :method: skip_after_action
#skip_around_action(names)
Skip a callback around actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 151
rdoc_method :method: skip_around_action
#skip_before_action(names)
Skip a callback before actions. See _insert_callbacks for parameter details.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 95
rdoc_method :method: skip_before_action
#skip_filter(*names)
Alias for #skip_action_callback.
# File 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb', line 57
alias_method :skip_filter, :skip_action_callback


Posted on August 8, 2016 at 13:00 PM
Please click the link below for a .pdf of the report on the seminar.
Posted on June 25, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Takatera sensei is an imperial guard, he visited the UK 15 years ago and was involved in coaching the UK squad. Explanation on Dan Titles (称号 shōgō?) - From Wikipedia These can be earned in addition to the above dan grades by kendōka of a defined dan grade. These are renshi (錬士?), kyōshi (教士?), and hanshi (範士?). The title is affixed to the front of the dan grade when said, for example renshi roku-dan (錬士六段?). The qualifications for each title are below.
renshi(錬士?) 6-dan After receiving 6-dan, one must wait 1 or more years, pass screening by the kendo organisation, receive a recommendation from the regional organisation president then pass an exam on kendo theory. kyōshi(教士?) renshi 7-dan After receiving 7-dan, one must wait 2 or more years, pass screening by the kendo organisation, and receive a recommendation from the regional organisation president then pass an exam on kendo theory. hanshi(範士?) kyōshi 8-dan After receiving 8-dan, one must wait 8 or more years, pass screening by the kendo organisation, receive a recommendation from the regional organisation president and the national kendo organisation president then pass an exam on kendo theory.
After the usual etiquette, Dojo start up procedures and warm up exercise, we were called over to sit informally around him and explained on how happy he was to be back this year. Taking Sensei O’Sullivan as an example he insisted that one of the most important quality to develop in Kendo is tenacity. Sensei O’Sullivan has reach the age of 70 before he managed to get his 7th Dan after several failures. Kendo is not an easy Martial Art and it needs consistency and dedication. Kendo is not just practice, shiai or kata. It is all of it and only regular practice of all of it can improve the overall level of the practionner. Kendo also needs regular visit over the basics. Our theme was set. He decided this year to work on the basis of two groups and separated us into Sandan and above (most of which were senseis from different dojos and GB Squad members) and the rest of us Nidan and below. This group included Barny Booth and myself.
Before and after every single bout, we were asked to Rei to Shomen, to our opponent and to Sonkyô. This meant that everytime we did something this was requested from each one of us. Even if we did not change opponent. The idea was to instill the idea of respect and etiquette. We ended up doing more than 200 Sonkyô that day.
First major exercise was Kirikaeshi Men. Nonstop. Then changed into Kirikaeshi Dô. We were asked to hit each target precisely and correctly. Tatari was expected. For the Dô this involved doing it while looking at the receiving partner in the eyes. Not the Dô. More in depth instructions were given on where the Shinai should hit and also on how to receive correctly with the Shinai. Making us practice this on the spot. The Shinai has to be placed side by side and held upright. Again this is a different way of doing it that I have never seen. My advice to anyone having to grade would be to discuss prior to the grading what are the attributes of Kirikaeshi that the judging panel are looking for. When visiting other dojos, to apply what the Senseis and Sempais from those dojos tell you to do.
The main issue with lower grades is the grip on the Shinai. Most of us get too intense with the pressure of a Shiai or exercise and grip the Shinai too tight. Hence the wrists are locked, the arms, elbows, shoulder end up being too stiff to facilitate a good cut. We were asked to hold our Shinai so that it could be pulled off our hands without any effort. We went over the correct position of the hands on the shinai.
This lead to the next exercises of Men, Kote cuts. Nonstop. Oji Waza cuts on Men and Kote. We were asked to start at Tomai and creep-creep to cutting distance and strike with one single Men cut. Things to look for were:
This was by far the most fun part of day one. Again, still practicing the Rei to Shômen, to opponent and Sonkyô before and after each bout. Far side started with 3 large men cuts, near side was asked to pare with Nuki Waza ( avoid cut by moving and striking -> emphasis on Ashi Sabaki (moving sideways)) , Suriage Waza (as in Kata No5) , Kaeshi Waza (as in Kata No4), Harai Waza (flip your opponent’s shinai up or down with your shinai) , Debana Waza (strike men or kote at the moment when you sense your opponent’s intention to execute his/her attack)… Then the roles were reversed. We were asked to apply Zanshin and be in total attack mode. So cutting, going through and turning around ready to cut and attack straight away. With emphasis on the Kiai which has to be howled in ascending not descending manner. First of all it Men strike with Men only waza. Then Kote strike with only kote waza. Then it was Men strike with everything manly possible and Kote Strike with everything manly possible. It was a lot of fun and for my part I managed some really good Kaeshi Waza and Debana Waza as we had practiced them a lot within our dojo recently. We had also a word about how Seme works with Sensei Ozawa. It seems that this can change from grade to personality. In short there is no definition for it. It can be mental, physical or emotional pressure. But it is some kind of pressure to push the opponent to panic and react. It can be as simple as the knee making the Hakama move slightly. The day finished with Uchikomi Geiko with our senseis. Now, if you failed to recognised the target, our Japanese senseis would screamed at you like in the army. On the other hand if you did well, they would really encourage you and push you further.
Day two was going over the same exercises done the previous day for 1 ½ hours.
I went to this seminar on my own last year and came back with new friends and new knowledge. I know my kendo improved from it. Not because the dojo does not give me enough opportunity to get better, but because seminars are the best option to get 14 hours of training with exceptional teachers from Japan and different people you do not know and cannot predict. It pushes your boundaries. It is slightly scary when you are not used to it. The GB Squad/Higher Grade side of the dojo was totally boot camp as far as I could see. I was glad I was not yet part of it. Our side was a mixture of hard work and humour, which made it very much enjoyable. My Gi and Hakama were drenched and I had to change my Tenuguis 4 times. So it was hard work. I would like to encourage all our members – all grades included – to take part in next year’s seminar. I will organise it again. So in due course, I will be calling up for participants. This year, it paid off and I came home with a nice 1st Place certificate signed by Sensei Ozawa. Maybe next year, it could be you?
Posted on July 28, 2016 at 13:00 PM
On Friday 24th June I began my first ever seminar as well as first time for practicing kendo outside my own dojo. Nevertheless, I was greeted with smiles from Matsuda and Budden sensei when I entered the dojo. We began with learning the Kobayashi Method. This involved an uncountable number of Men strokes followed by various exercises involving men cuts. However, the main focus of the Men cuts involved an especial focus on the tri-cep muscles and we would lift our shinai all the way back behind our head. This was to help us to focus on the rotation of our shoulders when striking Men. Additionally, I was surprised to learn that I was the only girl there under the age of 18. We then ended the evening with Jigeiko. This was really exciting as we were able to spar with the two Sensei’s and a yondan lady, who was also the captain of the Belgium team.
For Sunday we were situated at the Watford leisure centre. This began with a competition. For this we were split up into all people above and below the grade shodan and all the people below the shodan grade. During my first competition I managed to make it to the second round with a kote cut which I was not only proud of but also surprised as I was youngest and one of the least experienced people there. After the competition we then continued with the Kobayashi training method, where we continued to do various cutting exercises with Matsuda Sensei explained to us. We then finished with a final jigeiko.
Overall, I really enjoyed my experiences at my first seminar, as well as befriending some of the other ladies attending. I’m sure I will want to participate in many future seminars to come.


Hit the buttons to let the filters selected. Hit again to unselect.
Theka.tk
Website with books and audiobooks by William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe and many other great writers.
See the projectP.A.L.O.M.A.
Automated Local Pasteurizer Operated by ATMEGA Microcontroller (PALOMA), developed to CONAQ Projetos & Consultoria, from Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Website developed to present the product.
See the projectMárcio Holsbach Costa
Website developed to professor Márcio Holsbach Costa, from the Electric and Electronic Engineering Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).
See the projectNuma folha qualquer...
Edited photography of a leaf. Awarded in the I IFSC Literature Award.
See the projectVinicius
Neo-concrete interactive poem in tribute to Vinicius de Moraes. Adobe Flash Player needed.
See the project


Django Material Widgets
MaterialForm
MaterialModelForm
material_widgets.forms.MaterialModelForm
Big integer field
Boolean field
Char field
Date field
Date time field
Decimal field
Email field
File field
File path field
---------
---------
---------
Float field
Foreign key
---------
---------
---------
Integer field
Generic ip address field
Many to many field
Null boolean field
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Positive integer field
Positive small integer field
Slug field
Small integer field
Text field
Time field
Url field
Submit
Reset


Boston Marathon bombing trial: witnesses and exhibits
Prosecutors and defense attorneys build cases with witnesses and exhibits, introducing certainty and doubt with testimony over time. Explore how the Boston Marathon bombing case is being built and how Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being defended.


+++ title = "Hospedaje Huamanga, Ayacucho" slug = "hospedaje-huamanga-ayacucho" date = 2007-04-08T12:00:00+10:00 tags = ["accommodation"] locations = ["peru/ayacucho"] draft = false summary = """
Basic guest-house kind of place, in the historic centre of Ayacucho. Cath, Gaz, and myself rocked up here at 7am this morning, and we managed to get a room each (one for me, one for them). I think that this is about the closest Ayacucho has to proper youth hostels: it has shared bathrooms, but no dorms.
Also, from now on, I'm adding a new field to accommodation reviews: hot water. Up until now, this is something I've been able to take for granted, wherever I stay. But that's no longer the case. :P
""" +++Basic guest-house kind of place, in the historic centre of Ayacucho. Cath, Gaz, and myself rocked up here at 7am this morning, and we managed to get a room each (one for me, one for them). I think that this is about the closest Ayacucho has to proper youth hostels: it has shared bathrooms, but no dorms.
Also, from now on, I'm adding a new field to accommodation reviews: hot water. Up until now, this is something I've been able to take for granted, wherever I stay. But that's no longer the case. :P
Rooms: basic, but secure and private.
People: you don't really see the other guests.
Staff: friendly, but their Spanish is incomprehensible (weird accent + mumbling). Also, one of them tried to snog Cath.
Location: middle of town, perfect.
Food / Internet: none.
Hot water: present, but unreliable.


This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.
Verses
Yes
1 Samuel 15:7-8 View context
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
No, Agag's mother was left alive.
1 Samuel 15:33 View context
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
No, David killed them all a few years later.
1 Samuel 27:8-9 View context
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
And then David killed them all again, just to make sure. (Except this time 400 guys escaped.)
1 Samuel 30:1 View context
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
No, Saul was killed by an Amalekite.
2 Samuel 1:8-10 View context
And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that [was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.


Food
Analysis
Settings
👽
User Info
Male
Female
Sedentary (x1.2)
Lightly Active (x1.375)
Moderately Active (x1.55)
Extremly Active(x1.725)
Life = Wild (x1.9)
Weight Loss
BMR: {{bmr}}
Maintain: {{maintain}}
Weight Loss: {{loss}}
Apply
Return
Cancel
{{name}}
kcal: {{calories}}
protein: {{protein}}
Total: {{calories}} calories / {{protein}} protein
Item
Nutrition
Action
Add / Modify
Cancel


@* * Copyright 2021 HM Revenue & Customs * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. *@ @import play.api.Configuration @import uk.gov.hmrc.agentinvitationsfrontend.config.ExternalUrls @import uk.gov.hmrc.agentinvitationsfrontend.views.html._ @this(mainTemplate: main_template) @(service: String, continueUrl: Option[String])(implicit request: Request[_], messages: Messages, configuration: Configuration, externalUrls: ExternalUrls) @mainTemplate(title = Messages("generic.title", Messages(s"agent-suspended.fastrack.heading"), Messages("title.suffix.agents")), bodyClasses = None, isAgent = true, mainDataAttributes = None) {
@Messages("agent-suspended.fastrack.p1")
@Messages("agent-suspended.fastrack.p2",Messages(s"agent-suspended.fastrack.p2.$service"))
@Messages("agent-suspended.fastrack.p3")
@Messages("agent-suspended.fastrack.p4")
@if(continueUrl.isDefined) { @Messages("continue.button") } }


3. Requests the Executive Secretary:
(b) To implement the online decision-tracking tool on a pilot basis and use it to review the decisions of the eighth and ninth meetings of the Conference of the Parties, assemble information on their status and any other related information as outlined in the annex to this decision and make the information on the outcome of this exercise available to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation;


{% extends "base.mail.html" %}
{% load i18n %}
{% block content %}
{% blocktrans with receiver_name=to.short_name %}
Hello {{ receiver_name }}
Hopefully your task "{{ title }}" was a great success!
Make sure that all participants are marked as confirmed so we can show the results of your project.
{% endblocktrans %}
{% endblock %}
{% block action %}
{% trans 'Confirm participants' context 'email' %}
{% endblock %}`


Hyakka Ryouran
Well time to finally review my long put off review of Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls.
Here is now background info:
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who've had the names of famous samurai heroes passed on to them. -MAL
This one revolves around a general named Yagyuu, Muneakira. he has the power to turn a normal Samurai into a Master-Samurai with one kiss, so naturally because this is anime he just happens to come across a handful of beautiful girls to fall in love with him to the point he makes them Master-Samurai. Over all I really like this one. I enjoyed everything but the specials. They where too ecchi/Fan-Servicey even for me a proud member of EU. The art style is what took me so long to get into this one. It's like a weird mix between Soul Eater and vector art. I'd didn't really like the art style but everything else kept me in till the end. Personally I'd like to see a season two of this one
Overall: 10/10
Art: 2/10
Concept: 10/10
Rewatch Value: 10/10


| 24-Jan |
Lecture 1: Clustering 1 |
Lecture 2: Clustering 2 |
Lab 1 |
|
R:HW1 |
| 31-Jan |
Lecture 3: Bayes 1 |
Lecture 4: Bayes 2 |
Lab 2 |
Advanced Section 1: Gaussian Mixture Models |
|
| 7-Feb |
Lecture 5: Bayes 3 |
Lecture 6: Bayes 4 |
Lab 3 |
|
R:HW2 - D:HW1 |
| 14-Feb |
Lecture 7: Bayes 5 |
Lecture 8: Neural Networks 1 (MLP) |
Lab 4 |
Advanced Section 2: Particle Filters/Sequential Monte Carlo |
|
| 21-Feb |
No Lecture (Holiday) |
Lecture 9: NN 2 Gradient Descent; SGD; BackProp) |
Lab 5 |
|
R:HW3 - D:HW2 |
| 28-Feb |
Lecture 10: NN 3 (Optimizers) |
Lecture 11: NN 4 (Regularization) |
Lab 6 |
Advanced Section 3: Solvers |
|
| 7-Mar |
Lecture 12: Convolutional Neural Networks 1 (Basics) |
Lecture 13: CNNs 2 (Regularization) |
Lab 7 |
Advanced Section 4: Segmentation |
R:HW4 - D:HW3 |
| 14-Mar |
No Lecture (Spring Break) |
No Lecture |
No Lab |
|
|
| 21-Mar |
Lecture 14: CNNs 3 (Receptive Field) |
Lecture 15: CNNs 4 (Saliency Map) |
No Lab (Midterm) |
Advanced Section 5: SOTA & Transfer Learning |
|
| 28-Mar |
Lecture 16: Intro to Language Models |
Lecture 17: Recurrent Neural Networks |
Lab 8 |
Advanced Section 6: Autoencoders |
R:HW5 - D:HW4 |
| 4-Apr |
Lecture 18: NLP 1 (GRUs/LSTMs) |
Lecture 19: NLP 2 (ELMO) |
Lab 9 |
Advanced Section 7: Word2Vec |
R:HW6(Individual) |
| 11-Apr |
Lecture 20: NLP 3 (Seq2Seq & Attention) |
Lecture 21: NLP 4 (Transformers) |
Lab 10 |
Advanced Section 8: BERT |
D:HW5 |
| 18-Apr |
Lecture 22: GANs 1 |
Lecture 23: GANs 2 |
Lab 11 |
Advanced Section 9: More GANs! |
D:HW6(Individual) - R:HW7 |
| 25-Apr |
Module: Lecture Domain |
Module: Problem Background |
Project Work |
|
D:HW7 |
| 2-May |
Project Work |
Project Work |
Project Submission Due |
|
|
| 9-May |
Peer Evaluations Due |
|
Final Project Showcase |
|
|


Contributing to jCarousel
Reporting issues
Please read the following guidelines before opening any issue:
- Search for existing issues. Maybe someone else has reported the same issue and it may have already been resolved with a fix available.
- Create an isolated and reproducible test case. When you are experiencing a problem, the most useful thing you can do is to provide a reduced test case. This makes it much easier to isolate and fix the offending code. Bugs that are reported without reduced test cases generally take much longer to fix than bugs that are submitted with them, so you really should try to do this if at all possible.
- Include a live example. Make use of JSFiddle or Codepen to share your isolated test cases.
Pull requests
Pull requests are always welcome. But please note that i'm trying to keep the jCarousel core as small as possible. Before adding new features, it's probably a good idea to open an issue first and discuss it.
Pull request guidelines:
- Follow the coding style used in jCarousel.
- Keep your patches small and simple.
- Use a topic branch and open the pull request against the
master
branch.


STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT [Spoilers] A film review by Jamahl Epsicokahn Copyright 1996 Jamahl Epsicokahn
Foreword: This review is a little later than I had hoped for, but I finally have it done. Beware the length; it's quite long, the longest review I've ever written. There's also a lot of synopsis in this review, because I felt compelled to describe the plot in detail in my analysis. With that said...
Warning: This review contains extreme spoilers for the TNG feature film, "Star Trek: First Contact." If you haven't seen the film yet then proceed only at your own risk.
Nutshell: Very good stuff. Probably the best of all Trek films, with an involving story and a skillful, even-handed approach.
-------------------- Star Trek: First Contact
Theatrical release date: 11/22/96 (U.S.) PG-13, 111 minutes
Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore Screenplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore Produced by Rick Berman Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Rating out of 4: ***1/2
"Someone once said, 'Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its judgment'." "That's rhetorical nonsense. Who said that?" "You did, ten years from now." -- William Riker and Zefram Cochrane --------------------
"Star Trek: First Contact" is one of the best Star Trek films--probably *the* best Trek film--definitely the most even-handed. It successfully balances just about every element I believe a good Trek film should have--superior production and special effects, plenty of humor and fun, involving conflicts and problems that must be overcome, and a compelling story with human themes and values consistent with Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision. All of it is wrapped into a very neat package of plotting and pacing. It's good Star Trek, and it's good cinema.
As an added bonus, "First Contact" brings back the Borg, perhaps the most interesting and menacing race of villains in the history of Trek. Ever since their introduction in TNG's second season episode "Q Who," the Borg have been the most compelling threat to the Federation. In that episode, they were simply hungry for any technology that was different and new.
A little more than a year later in "The Best of Both Worlds," the writers clarified another element of the Borg that made them even more terrifying--the fact that they wanted not only your technology but also *you*--they wanted to turn you into a mindless drone, to strip you of your individuality and add you to their single-minded collective.
That Borg ship was destroyed, but not before they assimilated Captain Picard into their collective and stripped him of his individuality, which was only regained after the cunning intervention of the Enterprise crew. Now the Borg have returned, and they're again bent on doing whatever it takes to assimilate Earth.
"First Contact" opens with a powerful and magnificent-looking shot--part of a flashback dream sequence that begins as an extreme close-up of Captain Picard's eyeball, and then tracks back to reveal Picard standing in a Borg module on a Borg ship. The camera continues to track backward for what seems like miles, showing what must be millions of Borg drones on the massive vessel collective--of which Picard has forcibly become part of. Picard suddenly awakens in his ready room aboard the new Sovereign-class Enterprise-E, which, we learn, has been in service for nearly a year now.
A message comes through from Starfleet Command. The Borg have been identified in Federation space, and they're on a direct course for Earth; and as Picard states, this time there may be no stopping them. Further, Starfleet orders Picard away from the battle--they fear his past assimilation by the Borg may instigate an unstable element to an already-volatile situation.
Well, no points for guessing that once the Borg start pounding on the Starfleet ships and the losses start rolling in Picard takes it upon himself to violate direct orders and engage the Enterprise in battle. What's surprising here is the speed with which the film launches itself. Unlike in "Generations" two years ago, little time is wasted here on old jokes or the reintroduction of the TNG cast (a nature of the film keeps the plot taut and should actually increase accessibility for non-Trekkers). Within ten minutes of the opening credits, the Enterprise is in the heat of battle with the immense Borg cube--as is the Defiant, commanded by Worf, apparently ordered to the battlefield as part of a reinforcement effort.
I must say, seeing a Trek battle of this magnitude on the big screen--especially with that huge Borg ship--is a sight that probably alone is worth the price of admission. It looks great. Particularly attractive are the organic motions of the Defiant, which flies around the screen with such graceful, eye-pleasing movements that it makes war look almost like choreography.
Perhaps one negative aspect about the initial battle with the Borg is that it ends a little too abruptly and easily. As Starfleet's resident expert on the Borg and their weaknesses, Picard orders the fleet to concentrate their fire on a specific point, which destroys the Borg cube in a nifty pyrotechnic display. But this victory transpires a little more easily than it really should have--especially considering Picard's aforementioned notion that "this time there may be no stopping them." By beating the Borg in five minutes under only partially explained circumstances, the threat feels a little less real than I hoped it would have, not up to the level of the Borg assault on Earth back in "Best of Both Worlds."
But there's a flip side to this coin. Like I said, "First Contact" wastes very little time--the pace of the movie is pretty fast, and once the Borg cube is destroyed and the damaged Defiant crew is beamed aboard the Enterprise, the main plot takes off. You see, just before it explodes, the Borg cube launches a smaller sphere which creates a "temporal matrix" that allows it to travel back to the latter half of 21st century. While in pursuit, the Enterprise is caught in a temporal wake, and upon realizing that the Borg intend to change history by assimilating Earth in the past, Picard decides he must follow the Borg back and prevent such an occurrence.
Okay, so it's Yet Another Time Travel Plot. Time travel can be dangerous territory in terms of plausibility, because it sets up the possibility of the all-encompassing Time Paradox. Fortunately, the film steers clear of most of the technobabble and confusion, and wisely delves into its story. Still, time travel has been done on Trek so many times ("Star Trek IV," "Generations," and numerous episodes of TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager), sometimes without success. There are a few things about "First Contact's" logic of time travel that annoy me, like, for example, how time suddenly became something that the Borg could manipulate at will, and how the Enterprise reconfigures the time matrix at the end of the film to get back to their time period. Such complaints are minor, however--the importance here is the story once the movie goes into the past, which easily makes the ends justify the means.
The Borg and the Enterprise arrive at Earth, April 4, 2063--shortly after the widespread destruction of World War III that leaves the planet particularly susceptible to an invasion; but, more importantly, as the crew quickly notes, this date is the day before the historic "first contact" between humans and intelligence beyond the solar system, which is supposed to take place when Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell), the Montana-based inventor of warp drive among humans, takes a test flight in his revolutionary space craft, to the interest of some extra-terrestrials who are passing near Earth's star system.
The Borg want to prevent first contact and assimilate humanity, but the Enterprise intervenes and destroys the Borg sphere. Before the loss of their ship, however, the Borg are able to beam a small invasion party aboard the Enterprise, and begin assimilating the ship and its crew like a cancer from the inside.
>From here, the story divides into three narratives. One involves Picard, Worf, and the Enterprise crew's efforts to contain the Borg from taking over the ship. A second centers around Data, who is kidnapped by the Borg during a confrontation and taken to the lower decks they control where they attempt to assimilate him into their collective under the command of an element new to Borg milieu--the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), a single entity who represents the mind behind a massive collective of drones. A third follows Riker, Geordi, and Deanna's attempts to see to it Cochrane's warp flight goes through as history plans.
The type of movement between different plot lines exercised in "First Contact" is nothing unfamiliar to Trekkian story structure, but under Frakes' tempered direction, the plot holds together just fine and scenes work. Most importantly, the plot proves consistently interesting and the story remains involving. The key to the film is its big picture--the way it works all of its elements into a coherent, cohesive whole in which each development manages to be something both entertaining and relevant.
Picard's fight for the Enterprise takes an understandable and sturdy character-driven turn--that of vengeance. The motif begins subtly; such lines as Picard's order, "Don't hesitate to fire on crew members who have been assimilated," make sense in their context, but also add to the bigger agenda--that of Picard and his hatred of the Borg for what they do to any who stand in their path, and--more specifically--what they did to him six years ago. The vengeance factor present here is deftly executed, thanks in part to another of Patrick Stewart's convincing performances. But another important aspect here is in the screenplay's ability to make points about this theme. For this purpose the writers have a character named Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard), Cochrane's 21st century assistant who winds up lost in the bowels of the Enterprise after a series of events. Sloane is smart, and she makes some keen observations about Picard's situation, at one point drawing a very pointed comparison between Picard and Captain Ahab of "Moby Dick." Woodard's energy is very commendable; she and Stewart work well together in a host of scenes of varying depth.
It's clear that Picard allows his anger to cloud his judgment, particularly when he refuses to arm the Enterprise's self-destruct sequence and orders the futile fight for control of his ship to continue. This throws him into conflict with Worf in a charged scene filled with fiery words. Conflict is tough to do amongst the TNG cast, but the filmmakers pull it off here by making Picard decidedly *wrong* and, further, insulting Worf for trying to set him right. Based on TNG's history between Worf and Picard, Worf's very Klingon response to Picard's insults seems sincere: "If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand." Pretty startling. (If the later scene where the two make up seems a tad easy, remind yourself that this is the TNG cast we're talking about.)
The entire revenge theme speaks for itself much of the time, and it's a credit to the writers that the film looks at the situation from so many perspectives. In one way it's easy for us as the audience to hate the Borg and the relentless strive toward oneness and mass consumption they represent (especially those of us who so vividly remember Picard's experience in "The Best of Both Worlds"). On the other hand, many of the Borg now trying to alter history used to be members of the Enterprise crew, and it's unsettling to watch Picard barely bat an eye after damn near *enjoying* gunning down a Borg (in an elaborate holodeck sequence) who used to be one of his own Ensigns. Of the themes in "First Contact," this is the heaviest and most complex, and the writers give it the analysis it deserves.
As Picard and the crew attempt to quash the Borg cancer, Data finds himself in the position Picard was six years ago--on the Borg "operating table," where they attempt to turn him into one of them. For some reason, the Borg take a particular interest in Data; they see him as the key to the human puzzle that has defeated them once already. There are a host of intriguing exchanges between Data and the Borg Queen, with some dialog that's really on the mark. Data's quest for humanity has always been something pervasive on TNG, but here the dialog reveals another purpose--it underlines the evil in Borg oneness. Whereas data's quest is a search for his own human individuality, the Borg simply conquer and force their way of life on others, in their effort to become a more "perfect" network of drones. And as Data so rightly points out to the Borg Queen, "to think of oneself as perfect is often the feat of a delusional mind." The Queen has some retorts of her own, and knows that Data's quest for human feelings is his weakness and goes so far as to tempt him closer to the Borg collective with human flesh, grafting it onto his circuitry for true skin sensations. It's a witty and ironic approach by the script, that the key to the Borg's removal of humanity from humans would be in giving Data more distinctly human characteristics.
The Borg Queen turns out to be one of the film's most interesting characters, partly in the way the filmmakers realize her--both physically and mentally--but also because of Krige's skillful rendition of a calm, seductive personality who aims to simultaneously consume and create Data anew, as well as humanity along with him. (A particularly nice display of the Queen's sense of superior tranquillity comes when Data attempts to escape but freezes in pain when cut on his newfound flesh by Borg drones. The Queen simply waves her hands and the drones disperse in random directions, like a group of mindless insects. A very neat touch.) Michael Westmore's makeup designs for the Queen, as well as the rest of the Borg, are great--slick, creative, interesting to the eye, and very, well, Borg.
Noteworthy in the Data/Queen scenes are Data's emotional responses of fear and subdued anger--appropriately utilized rather than released to run amok like in "Generations." (This makes sense, since Data would have learned much about controlling his feelings since that time.)
As the Enterprise copes with its problems, the script also supplies a lighter story as Riker and Geordi attempt to convince Zefram Cochrane that he's really a key figure in the future and that humanity is within a day of being forever changed for the better. While the Borg-centered angle of the story supplies issues of individuality and survival, this part of the story is the true, Trekkian "heart" of the film. It deals with humanity and how it views itself in the prospect of change. Riker's explanations to Cochrane about how much the world will change after first contact is one of the many highlights of the film. And, besides, the character interaction in this story is just plain infectious. Cromwell, in particular, turns out to be an amiable presence, with a lighthearted performance containing much grace and humor--I liked Zefram Cochrane a lot. (I honestly don't remember the Cochrane character that appeared in TOS, but I don't care, either.)
I could fully understand why Cochrane would be overwhelmed learning that he's to be labeled a historic visionary. And I got a kick out of the whole bit with the statue that Geordi explains, and the idea that the savior of the future is merely a guy who wants to get drunk and make enough money to retire to an island of naked women. (For that matter, I was amused at the notion of Cochrane getting Deanna tipsy, agreeing to talk to her only after "three shots of something called tequila.")
In a key passage, Cochrane explains to Riker that his motives were hardly visionary--that he is not and does not want to be the "great man" that everyone in the future knows him to be. Riker has a response:
Riker: "Someone once said, don't be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its judgment." Cochrane: That's rhetorical nonsense. Who said that? Riker: "You did, ten years from now."
It's dialog like this that defines the Star Trek universe. It's reassuring that at least some cinematic version of the future has imagination and hope for humanity and still has the prudence not to always take itself so seriously.
As much that takes place in "First Contact" (and as haphazardly as I've probably summarized it here), it's a credit to screenwriters Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore that they manage to tie everything into an sensible, efficient whole. They also manage to spread the material around all the main TNG characters--much better than in "Generations." While obviously Picard, Data, and the guest characters get much of the material, given the size of the cast it's nice to see that everyone gets into the action one way or another.
And the plot's action provides some fresh and creative technical feats. The most impressive set-piece is a neat zero gravity situation on the hull of the ship, where Picard, Worf, and Lt. Hawk (Neal McDonough, who unfortunately is provided little purpose in the film except to be the token "dead meat" character) attempt to thwart the Borg's attempt to build a beacon on the deflector dish. The special effects are convincing, to say the least, and the entire episode is played out in a sort of slow-motion. In a word, this is clever.
There's also the aforementioned Dixon Hill holodeck scene that Picard and Sloane venture into to elude some Borg pursuers. The idea takes time out from the standard chase to nearly transform into a movie with a life of its own, complete with all the typical characters. (I particularly got a good laugh out of the "Nicky the Nose" gag--one of the most subtly amusing notions in the film.)
Naturally, there are the obligatory cameos--Robert Picardo as the EMH, Ethan Phillips as a holodeck character, and Dwight Schultz recapping his character Barclay at his most Barclayness--in the context of the film though, they fit, particularly the moment when Barclay so enthusiastically meets Cochrane, which underlines Cochrane's whole annoyance with being constantly identified as a historical figure.
Nearing the end, the film brings the three plot lines together, with the launch of Cochrane's warp rocket, the evacuation of the Enterprise (which Picard finally comes to terms with losing and puts on a countdown to auto-destruct), and the Queen's revelation to Picard that she has found an "equal" to her in Data, who she is convinced is completely under her control.  The most cheer-worthy moment of the movie, at least for me, came when Data turned "Resistance is futile" around on the Queen, much to her horror and disbelief. In one line, Data shows his ability to keep his loyalty to humanity, surprising an arrogant creature and bringing the entire Borg collective down with her. Nice job--it had me cheering.
After the Queen's demise, I still had some questions that left me a tad perplexed, like, for instance, how exactly the Queen was on the Borg ship in "Best of Both Worlds" that was destroyed. Seeing her again causes memories to resurface in Picard--he remembers the Queen as the master behind his own attempted assimilation. The Queen's retort that his feeble human mind is too limited to understand was mysterious but unrevealing. Perhaps my primitive three-dimensional mind isn't supposed to understand it, either. Too bad; I would've appreciated understanding the Queen's history a little better. As a symbol of oneness she works great, but the specifics are a tad overly vague.
As compensation, the film allows us to witness first contact between the humans and the Vulcans. Without going too much into detail, I'll just say that the sequence is a poignant, effective payoff, and a great way to end the movie. I think it's the best scene in the entire film and one of the better moments in Trek's history, with a genuine sense of wonder and amazement and a real epic feel (and Jerry Goldsmith's theme is top-notch). It lays down some of the background of the Federation, which I've always wondered about, and it reveals that Star Trek cares not just where it's going, but also where it came from. As a Trekker so close to the series, I was moved. (Don't begin to ask me how a non-Trekker would react, though--I wouldn't know.)
"First Contact" is not really the action-packed "Borg movie" the trailers want to suggest. It's got action and adventure, sure. But it's really about assembling a sci-fi plot to entertain in thoughtful ways, using the resources and history of the seemingly-immortal concept of Trek itself. If this film is an indication of where the franchise intends to go, I'll gladly be aboard for the next ride.
-------------------- This review Copyright (c) 1996 by Jamahl Epsicokhan, all rights reserved by the author, including the right to reproduce with the intent of unauthorized distribution, electronic or otherwise. This review is an original work of fair criticism and remains the property of the author.
Star Trek: Hypertext -- http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~epsicokh/trek/
Jamahl Epsicokhan --<EMAIL_ADDRESS>The review above was posted to the
rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup (de.rec.film.kritiken for German reviews).
The Internet Movie Database accepts no responsibility for the contents of the
review and has no editorial control. Unless stated otherwise, the copyright
belongs to the author.
Please direct comments/criticisms of the review to relevant newsgroups.
Broken URLs inthe reviews are the responsibility of the author.
The formatting of the review is likely to differ from the original due
to ASCII to HTML conversion.
Related links: index of all rec.arts.movies.reviews reviews


| Top |
| CK_FUNCTION_LIST ** | p11_kit_modules_load_and_initialize () |
| void | p11_kit_modules_finalize_and_release () |
| CK_FUNCTION_LIST ** | p11_kit_modules_load () |
| CK_RV | p11_kit_modules_initialize () |
| CK_RV | p11_kit_modules_finalize () |
| void | p11_kit_modules_release () |
| CK_FUNCTION_LIST * | p11_kit_module_load () |
| CK_RV | p11_kit_module_initialize () |
| CK_RV | p11_kit_module_finalize () |
| void | p11_kit_module_release () |
| CK_FUNCTION_LIST * | p11_kit_module_for_name () |
| char * | p11_kit_module_get_name () |
| int | p11_kit_module_get_flags () |
| char * | p11_kit_module_get_filename () |
| char * | p11_kit_config_option () |
PKCS#11 modules are used by crypto libraries and applications to access crypto objects (like keys and certificates) and to perform crypto operations.
In order for applications to behave consistently with regard to the user's installed PKCS#11 modules, each module must be configured so that applications or libraries know that they should load it.
When multiple consumers of a module (such as libraries or applications) are in the same process, coordination of the initialization and finalization of PKCS#11 modules is required. To do this modules are managed by p11-kit. This means that various unsafe methods are coordinated between callers. Unmanaged modules are simply the raw PKCS#11 module pointers without p11-kit getting in the way. It is highly recommended that the default managed behavior is used.
The functions here provide support for initializing configured modules. The
p11_kit_modules_load()
function should be used to load and initialize
the configured modules. When done, the p11_kit_modules_release()
function
should be used to release those modules and associated resources.
In addition p11_kit_config_option()
can be used to access other parts
of the module configuration.
If a consumer wishes to load an arbitrary PKCS#11 module that's not
configured use p11_kit_module_load()
to do so. And use p11_kit_module_release()
to later release it.
Modules are represented by a pointer to their CK_FUNCTION_LIST
entry points.
CK_FUNCTION_LIST **
p11_kit_modules_load_and_initialize (int flags
);
Load and initialize configured modules.
If a critical module fails to load or initialize then the function will
return NULL
. Non-critical modules will be skipped
and not included in the returned module list.
Use p11_kit_modules_finalize_and_release()
when you're done with the
modules returned by this function.
The flags
allowed by this function, as well as their meaning, are the
same as with p11_kit_modules_load()
.
void
p11_kit_modules_finalize_and_release (CK_FUNCTION_LIST **modules
);
Finalize and then release the a set of loaded PKCS#11 modules.
The modules may be either managed or unmanaged. The array containing the module pointers is also freed by this function.
Modules are released even if their finalization returns an error code. Managed modules will not be actually finalized or released until all callers using them have done so.
For managed modules the C_Finalize
function
is overridden so that multiple callers can finalize the same
modules. In addition for managed modules multiple callers can
finalize from different threads, and still guarantee consistent
thread-safe behavior.
For unmanaged modules if multiple callers try to finalize
a module, then one of the calls will return
CKR_CRYPTOKI_NOT_INITIALIZED
according to the
PKCS#11 specification. In addition there are no guarantees that
thread-safe behavior will occur if multiple callers initialize from
different threads.
CK_FUNCTION_LIST ** p11_kit_modules_load (const char *reserved
,int flags
);
Load the configured PKCS#11 modules.
If flags
contains the P11_KIT_MODULE_UNMANAGED
flag, then the
modules will be not be loaded in 'managed' mode regardless of its
configuration. This is not recommended for general usage.
If flags
contains the P11_KIT_MODULE_CRITICAL
flag then the
modules will all be treated as 'critical', regardless of the module
configuration. This means that a failure to load any module will
cause this function to fail.
For unmanaged modules there is no guarantee to the state of the modules. Other callers may be using the modules. Using unmanaged modules haphazardly is not recommended for this reason. Some modules (such as those configured with RPC) cannot be loaded in unmanaged mode, and will be skipped.
If flags
contains the P11_KIT_MODULE_TRUSTED
flag then only the
marked as trusted modules will be loaded.
Use p11_kit_modules_release()
to release the modules returned by
this function.
If this function fails, then an error message will be available via the
p11_kit_message()
function.
CK_RV p11_kit_modules_initialize (CK_FUNCTION_LIST **modules
,p11_kit_destroyer failure_callback
);
Initialize all the modules in the modules
list by calling their
C_Initialize
function.
For managed modules the C_Initialize
function
is overridden so that multiple callers can initialize the same
modules. In addition for managed modules multiple callers can
initialize from different threads, and still guarantee consistent
thread-safe behavior.
For unmanaged modules if multiple callers try to initialize
a module, then one of the calls will return
CKR_CRYPTOKI_ALREADY_INITIALIZED
according to the
PKCS#11 specification. In addition there are no guarantees that
thread-safe behavior will occur if multiple callers initialize from
different threads.
When a module fails to initialize it is removed from the modules
list.
If the failure_callback
is not NULL
then it is called with the modules that
fail to initialize. For example, you may pass p11_kit_module_release()
as a failure_callback
if the modules
list was loaded wit p11_kit_modules_load()
.
The return value will return the failure code of the last critical
module that failed to initialize. Non-critical module failures do not affect
the return value. If no critical modules failed to initialize then the
return value will be CKR_OK
.
When modules are removed, the list will be NULL
terminated at the
appropriate place so it can continue to be used as a modules list.
This function does not accept a CK_C_INITIALIZE_ARGS
argument.
Custom initialization arguments cannot be supported when multiple consumers
load the same module.
modules |
a |
|
failure_callback |
called with modules that fail to initialize |
CK_RV
p11_kit_modules_finalize (CK_FUNCTION_LIST **modules
);
Finalize each module in the modules
list by calling its
C_Finalize
function. Regardless of failures, all
modules
will have their C_Finalize
function called.
If a module returns a failure from its C_Finalize
method it will be returned. If multiple modules fail, the last failure
will be returned.
For managed modules the C_Finalize
function
is overridden so that multiple callers can finalize the same
modules. In addition for managed modules multiple callers can
finalize from different threads, and still guarantee consistent
thread-safe behavior.
For unmanaged modules if multiple callers try to finalize
a module, then one of the calls will return
CKR_CRYPTOKI_NOT_INITIALIZED
according to the
PKCS#11 specification. In addition there are no guarantees that
thread-safe behavior will occur if multiple callers finalize from
different threads.
void
p11_kit_modules_release (CK_FUNCTION_LIST **modules
);
Release the a set of loaded PKCS#11 modules.
The modules may be either managed or unmanaged. The array containing the module pointers is also freed by this function.
Managed modules will not be actually released until all callers using them have done so. If the modules were initialized, they should have been finalized first.
CK_FUNCTION_LIST * p11_kit_module_load (const char *module_path
,int flags
);
Load an arbitrary PKCS#11 module from a dynamic library file, and
initialize it. Normally using the p11_kit_modules_load()
function
is preferred.
A full file path or just (path/)filename relative to P11_MODULE_PATH are accepted.
Using this function to load modules allows coordination between multiple
callers of the same module in a single process. If flags
contains the
P11_KIT_MODULE_UNMANAGED
flag, then the modules will be not be loaded
in 'managed' mode and not be coordinated. This is not recommended
for general usage.
Subsequent calls to this function for the same module will result in an initialization count being incremented for the module. It is safe (although usually unnecessary) to use this function on registered modules.
The module should be released with p11_kit_module_release()
.
If this function fails, then an error message will be available via the
p11_kit_message()
function.
CK_RV
p11_kit_module_initialize (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Initialize a PKCS#11 module by calling its C_Initialize
function.
For managed modules the C_Initialize
function
is overridden so that multiple callers can initialize the same
modules. In addition for managed modules multiple callers can
initialize from different threads, and still guarantee consistent
thread-safe behavior.
For unmanaged modules if multiple callers try to initialize
a module, then one of the calls will return
CKR_CRYPTOKI_ALREADY_INITIALIZED
according to the
PKCS#11 specification. In addition there are no guarantees that
thread-safe behavior will occur if multiple callers initialize from
different threads.
This function does not accept a CK_C_INITIALIZE_ARGS
argument.
Custom initialization arguments cannot be supported when multiple consumers
load the same module.
CK_RV
p11_kit_module_finalize (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Finalize a PKCS#11 module by calling its C_Finalize
function.
For managed modules the C_Finalize
function
is overridden so that multiple callers can finalize the same
modules. In addition for managed modules multiple callers can
finalize from different threads, and still guarantee consistent
thread-safe behavior.
For unmanaged modules if multiple callers try to finalize
a module, then one of the calls will return
CKR_CRYPTOKI_NOT_INITIALIZED
according to the
PKCS#11 specification. In addition there are no guarantees that
thread-safe behavior will occur if multiple callers finalize from
different threads.
void
p11_kit_module_release (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Release the a loaded PKCS#11 modules.
The module may be either managed or unmanaged. The C_Finalize
function will be called if no other callers are using this module.
CK_FUNCTION_LIST * p11_kit_module_for_name (CK_FUNCTION_LIST **modules
,const char *name
);
Look through the list of modules
and return the module whose name
matches.
Only configured modules have names. Configured modules are loaded by
p11_kit_modules_load()
. The module passed to this function can be either
managed or unmanaged.
The return value is not copied or duplicated in anyway. It is still
'owned' by the modules
list.
char *
p11_kit_module_get_name (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Get the configured name of the PKCS#11 module.
Configured modules are loaded by p11_kit_modules_load()
. The module
passed to this function can be either managed or unmanaged. Non
configured modules will return NULL
.
Use free()
to release the return value when you're done with it.
int
p11_kit_module_get_flags (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Get the flags for this module.
The P11_KIT_MODULE_UNMANAGED
flag will be set if the module is not
managed by p11-kit. It is a raw PKCS#11 module function list.
The P11_KIT_MODULE_CRITICAL
flag will be set if the module is configured
to be critical, and not be skipped over if it fails to initialize or
load. This flag is also set for modules that are not configured, but have
been loaded in another fashion.
char *
p11_kit_module_get_filename (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
);
Get the configured name of the PKCS#11 module.
Configured modules are loaded by p11_kit_modules_load()
. The module
passed to this function can be either managed or unmanaged. Non
configured modules will return NULL
.
Use free()
to release the return value when you're done with it.
char * p11_kit_config_option (CK_FUNCTION_LIST *module
,const char *option
);
Retrieve the value for a configured option.
If module
is NULL
, then the global option with the given name will
be retrieved. Otherwise module
should point to a configured loaded module.
If no such option
or configured module
exists, then NULL
will be returned.
Use free()
to release the returned value.
module |
the module to retrieve the option for, or |
|
option |
the option to retrieve |


Site map The Game Portal Register Lost Password Promo Rules News Agreements Disclamer Forum Updates News Server shutdowns Dynamics of the project development Guides and useful information Changelogs


The makefiles shipped with this version needs Microsoft Visual Studio Compiler (cl) and nmake build tool. (Note: You can download Microsoft VSExpress2005 edition and Platform SDK from Microsoft Web site. You will need to add the path to Platform SDK Include and Lib folders to makefile)
You also need have a look at and install the dependencies mentioned in section 1. above.
Extract the source zip package to a folder.
If you want to install WSO2 WSF/C++ in a location other than the default, wso2-wsf-cpp-bin-x.x.x-win32, set WSFCPP_HOME environment variable pointing to the location where you want to install WSO2 WSF/C++. > set WSFCPP_HOME='your_desired_path_to_wsf_c++_installation'
Then go to the folder where you extracted the source. > cd your_path_to_wsf_c++_source
Edit the Configuration * Edit configure.in found in the folder where you extracted the source. The configure.in file contains the user specific configuration parameters. Please have a look at this file and set the settings to match your system's settings. Settings for Apache Axis2/C are mandatory. Settings for Apache Rampart/C and Apache Sandesha2/C are optional and needs to be set only if you want to build those. The comments in the configure.in file explain each setting, please have a look at the comments to get an understanding on what each setting means.
Build the source * Run build.bat batch file found in the folder where you extracted the source. > build.bat Note: You may need to set the PATH environment variable to vcvars32.bat if Windows complains that it cannot find this batch file when running the build.bat file
You need to add the path to lib directory to the PATH variable (%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib) > set PATH=%PATH%;%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib
Go to where you installed WSO2 WSF/C++. Start simple axis server * To start the simple axis server on port 9090 run the following commands > cd "%WSFCPP_HOME%\bin" > axis2_http_server.exe * If the server fails to start, you may need to set the WSFCPP_HOME environment variable, pointing to the deploy folder (C:\wsfcpp) > set WSFCPP_HOME='C:\wsfcpp' To see the possible command line options run axis2_http_server.exe -h If the server is running successfully you should see the message "Started Simple Axis2 HTTP Server..."
You can build the code generation tool from the source. For that, you need to have the apache maven2 installed. It can be downloaded fromApache Mavan download page. Also you need gunzip tool installed and added to your path environment variable. You can download it from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/unzip.htm. Then run the build_codegen.bat and copy_codegen.bat scripts. It should install the codegeneration jars and scripts to the wso2-wsf-cpp-x.y.z-win32/bin/tools/codegen directory.
Now you are ready to use WSO2 WSF/C++.
Notes:build.bat
on your system.set WSFCPP_HOME='your_desired_path_to_wsf_c++_installation'
.your_path_to_wsf_c++_source\wso2-wsf-cpp-bin-x.x.x-win32
> set WSFCPP_HOME='C:\wsfcpp'* Add the path to lib directory to the PATH variable (%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib)
> set PATH=%PATH%;%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib
> cd "%WSFCPP_HOME%\bin" axis2_http_server.exeTo see the possible command line options run
axis2_http_server.exe -h
Now you are ready to use WSO2 WSF/C++.


Defines the kernel interface for managing services and interfaces the kernel uses to interact with the services.


404 - Resource not found
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist
Go to Signal/Collect Console


You have gotten {{color.history.length}} out of 16,581,375 Different Possibilities!
Press the red button to generate random colors, press the gray button to view the generation history. Press on the top of this page to hide everything.


|
|
GTSAM_EXPORT Matrix3 | AdjointMap () const |
| | Calculate Adjoint map Ad_pose is 3*3 matrix that when applied to twist xi \( [T_x,T_y,\theta] \), returns Ad_pose(xi)
|
| |
|
Vector3 | Adjoint (const Vector3 &xi) const |
| | Apply AdjointMap to twist xi.
|
| |
|
static GTSAM_EXPORT Pose2 | Expmap (const Vector3 &xi, ChartJacobian H=boost::none) |
| | Exponential map at identity - create a rotation from canonical coordinates \( [T_x,T_y,\theta] \).
|
| |
|
static GTSAM_EXPORT Vector3 | Logmap (const Pose2 &p, ChartJacobian H=boost::none) |
| | Log map at identity - return the canonical coordinates \( [T_x,T_y,\theta] \) of this rotation.
|
| |
|
static GTSAM_EXPORT Matrix3 | adjointMap (const Vector3 &v) |
| | Compute the [ad(w,v)] operator for SE2 as in [Kobilarov09siggraph], pg 19.
|
| |
|
static Vector3 | adjoint (const Vector3 &xi, const Vector3 &y) |
| | Action of the adjointMap on a Lie-algebra vector y, with optional derivatives.
|
| |
|
static Vector3 | adjointTranspose (const Vector3 &xi, const Vector3 &y) |
| | The dual version of adjoint action, acting on the dual space of the Lie-algebra vector space.
|
| |
|
static Matrix3 | adjointMap_ (const Vector3 &xi) |
| |
|
static Vector3 | adjoint_ (const Vector3 &xi, const Vector3 &y) |
| |
| static Matrix3 | wedge (double vx, double vy, double w) |
| | wedge for SE(2): More...
|
| |
|
static GTSAM_EXPORT Matrix3 | ExpmapDerivative (const Vector3 &v) |
| | Derivative of Expmap.
|
| |
|
static GTSAM_EXPORT Matrix3 | LogmapDerivative (const Pose2 &v) |
| | Derivative of Logmap.
|
| |
|
|
|
| Pose2 () |
| | default constructor = origin
|
| |
|
| Pose2 (const Pose2 &pose) |
| | copy constructor
|
| |
| | Pose2 (double x, double y, double theta) |
| | construct from (x,y,theta) More...
|
| |
|
| Pose2 (double theta, const Point2 &t) |
| | construct from rotation and translation
|
| |
|
| Pose2 (const Rot2 &r, const Point2 &t) |
| | construct from r,t
|
| |
|
| Pose2 (const Matrix &T) |
| | Constructor from 3*3 matrix.
|
| |
|
|
| Pose2 (const Vector &v) |
| | Construct from canonical coordinates \( [T_x,T_y,\theta] \) (Lie algebra)
|
| |
|
|
GTSAM_EXPORT void | print (const std::string &s="") const |
| | print with optional string
|
| |
|
GTSAM_EXPORT bool | equals (const Pose2 &pose, double tol=1e-9) const |
| | assert equality up to a tolerance
|
| |
|
|
GTSAM_EXPORT Point2 | transformTo (const Point2 &point, OptionalJacobian< 2, 3 > Dpose=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 2, 2 > Dpoint=boost::none) const |
| | Return point coordinates in pose coordinate frame.
|
| |
|
GTSAM_EXPORT Point2 | transformFrom (const Point2 &point, OptionalJacobian< 2, 3 > Dpose=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 2, 2 > Dpoint=boost::none) const |
| | Return point coordinates in global frame.
|
| |
|
Point2 | operator* (const Point2 &point) const |
| | syntactic sugar for transformFrom
|
| |
|
|
double | x () const |
| | get x
|
| |
|
double | y () const |
| | get y
|
| |
|
double | theta () const |
| | get theta
|
| |
|
const Point2 & | t () const |
| | translation
|
| |
|
const Rot2 & | r () const |
| | rotation
|
| |
|
const Point2 & | translation () const |
| | translation
|
| |
|
const Rot2 & | rotation () const |
| | rotation
|
| |
|
GTSAM_EXPORT Matrix3 | matrix () const |
| |
| GTSAM_EXPORT Rot2 | bearing (const Point2 &point, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H1=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 1, 2 > H2=boost::none) const |
| | Calculate bearing to a landmark. More...
|
| |
| GTSAM_EXPORT Rot2 | bearing (const Pose2 &pose, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H1=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H2=boost::none) const |
| | Calculate bearing to another pose. More...
|
| |
| GTSAM_EXPORT double | range (const Point2 &point, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H1=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 1, 2 > H2=boost::none) const |
| | Calculate range to a landmark. More...
|
| |
| GTSAM_EXPORT double | range (const Pose2 &point, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H1=boost::none, OptionalJacobian< 1, 3 > H2=boost::none) const |
| | Calculate range to another pose. More...
|
| |
|
const Pose2 & | derived () const |
| |
|
Pose2 | compose (const Pose2 &g) const |
| |
|
Pose2 | compose (const Pose2 &g, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| |
|
SOn | compose (const SOn &g, DynamicJacobian H1, DynamicJacobian H2) const |
| |
|
SOn | compose (const SOn &g, DynamicJacobian H1, DynamicJacobian H2) const |
| |
|
Pose2 | between (const Pose2 &g) const |
| |
|
Pose2 | between (const Pose2 &g, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| |
|
SOn | between (const SOn &g, DynamicJacobian H1, DynamicJacobian H2) const |
| |
|
SOn | between (const SOn &g, DynamicJacobian H1, DynamicJacobian H2) const |
| |
|
Pose2 | inverse (ChartJacobian H) const |
| |
|
Pose2 | expmap (const TangentVector &v) const |
| | expmap as required by manifold concept Applies exponential map to v and composes with *this
|
| |
|
Pose2 | expmap (const TangentVector &v, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| | expmap with optional derivatives
|
| |
|
TangentVector | logmap (const Pose2 &g) const |
| | logmap as required by manifold concept Applies logarithmic map to group element that takes *this to g
|
| |
|
TangentVector | logmap (const Pose2 &g, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| | logmap with optional derivatives
|
| |
|
Pose2 | retract (const TangentVector &v) const |
| | retract as required by manifold concept: applies v at *this
|
| |
|
Pose2 | retract (const TangentVector &v, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| | retract with optional derivatives
|
| |
|
TangentVector | localCoordinates (const Pose2 &g) const |
| | localCoordinates as required by manifold concept: finds tangent vector between *this and g
|
| |
|
TangentVector | localCoordinates (const Pose2 &g, ChartJacobian H1, ChartJacobian H2=boost::none) const |
| | localCoordinates with optional derivatives
|
| |


---
layout: post
title: Ready to launch
tags:
- Tumble
status: publish
type: post
published: true
meta:
_wp-svbtle-kudos: '1'
_edit_last: '1'
dsq_thread_id: '82188920'
---
I want an iPad. And I'll probably get one at some point. Being busy at work, I didn't really track pre-orders, the exact launch date, etc. Today's release actually came quicker than I thought it would.
But wait. The real wireless version comes out later this month? Kind of glad I missed it as our family likes road trips.
Isn't getting the iPad today like rushing out to buy the new Prius model that gets 50 MPG only to have the 75 MPG one come out several weeks later?


| Home | Libraries | People | FAQ | More |
Each of the range concepts has a corresponding concept checking class in
the file <boost/range/concepts.hpp>
.
These classes may be used in conjunction with the Boost
Concept Check library to ensure that the type of a template parameter
is compatible with a range concept. If not, a meaningful compile time error
is generated. Checks are provided for the range concepts related to iterator
traversal categories. For example, the following line checks that the type
T
models the Forward
Range concept.
每一个区间概念都有一个对应的概念检查类在
<boost/range/concepts.hpp>
中。 这些类可以和 Boost
Concept Check library 一起使用，以确保模板参数的类型兼容于某个区间概念。如果不兼容，则产生一个编译期错误。
为区间概念所提供的检查是关于迭代器遍历类别的。例如，下面这行代码检查类型
T
是否符合 Forward
Range 的概念。
BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT(( ForwardRangeConcept<T> ));
An additional concept check is required for the value access property of
the range based on the range's iterator type. For example to check for a
ForwardReadableRange, the following code is required.
还有一个要进行的概念检查是针对区间所基于的区间迭代器类型的值访问属性。例如检查一个前向可读区间，需要以下代码。
BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT(( ForwardRangeConcept<T> )); BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT(( ReadableIteratorConcept<typename range_iterator<T>::type> ));
The following range concept checking classes are provided.
本库提供了以下区间概念检查类：


(Introduced in OCaml 4.03)
Comments which start with ** are treated specially by the compiler. They are automatically converted during parsing into attributes (see 12.12) to allow tools to process them as documentation.
Such comments can take three forms: floating comments, item comments and label comments. Any comment starting with ** which does not match one of these forms will cause the compiler to emit warning 50.
Comments which start with ** are also used by the ocamldoc documentation generator (see 19). The three comment forms recognised by the compiler are a subset of the forms accepted by ocamldoc (see 19.2).
Comments surrounded by blank lines that appear within structures, signatures, classes or class types are converted into floating-attributes. For example:
will be converted to:
Comments which appear immediately before or immediately after a structure item, signature item, class item or class type item are converted into item-attributes. Immediately before or immediately after means that there must be no blank lines, ;;, or other documentation comments between them. For example:
or
will be converted to:
Note that, if a comment appears immediately next to multiple items, as in:
then it will be attached to both items:
and the compiler will emit warning 50.
Comments which appear immediately after a labelled argument, record field, variant constructor, object method or polymorphic variant constructor are are converted into attributes. Immediately after means that there must be no blank lines or other documentation comments between them. For example:
will be converted to:
Note that label comments take precedence over item comments, so:
will be converted to:
whilst:
will be converted to:
In the absence of meaningful comment on the last constructor of a type, an empty comment (**) can be used instead:
will be converted directly to


Introduction
Behind the Data
Amid rising overdoses, a county official labors over each death.
The Transit Effect
Can expanded transit get people walking?
Investing in Parks
Two neighboring cities finance their park systems in radically different ways.
Food Access
When grocery stores leave, a grassroots effort tries to fill the gap.
14 Years, 15 Miles
With life expectancy, place matters.
A Conversation about Health
Community leaders debate health inequalities.


--- layout: post permalink: alloutdoorbenches.html Tags: Array NameOfCoupon: All Outdoor Benches Cash Back Summary: See our All Outdoor Benches Coupon Code, All Outdoor Benches Rebate, All Outdoor Benches Promo Code, All Outdoor Benches Discount, All Outdoor Benches Coupon Cash Back Rebate here. MetaKeywords: All Outdoor Benches Coupon Code, All Outdoor Benches Rebate, All Outdoor Benches Promo Code, All Outdoor Benches Cash Back Rebate, All Outdoor Benches Discount, All Outdoor Benches Coupon Image: images/PJ-4076.gif LinkURL: http://www.pntrac.com/t/8-4010-54128-41353 affiliate_url_link: http://www.icouponblog.com/jane.php?id=3529 thesis_readmore: See the All Outdoor Benches Coupon thesis_thumb: http://www.icouponblog.com/tn.php?merchantURL=alloutdoorbenches.com Title: Save 7% - All Outdoor Benches Coupon Code for alloutdoorbenches.com. All Outdoor Benches Rebate & Discount thesis_description: Our All Outdoor Benches Discount Coupon Code for alloutdoorbenches.com. We have the best All Outdoor Benches Rebate anywhere. thesis_keywords: All Outdoor Benches, All Outdoor Benches Coupon Code, All Outdoor Benches Discount, All Outdoor Benches Rebate product_name: All Outdoor Benches hop_url: http://www.icouponblog.com/hop.php?id=3529 ---
if you are looking to create a relaxing atmosphere in your garden, front or backyard put a comfortable, beautifying bench in your garden. You and your whole family can enjoy serene moments that will be relaxing, soothing and comforting. Or if you have a restaurant or other business and are looking to put some benches for the customers, Check out www.alloutdoorbenches.com .You will find a large variety of over 600 benches in all shapes, sizes and types, including storage benches. Find one that suits your taste and your budget. Use our discount coupons to get a great price.
Visit www.alloutdoorbenches.com to buy a bench that you will love to sit on and relax. There are backless benches, garden benches, kid’s benches, park benches, personalized benches, rustic benches, tree benches and personalized benches. The right outdoor bench is right there for you to pick, choose and buy. All benches are aesthetically beautiful, very comfortable and very affordable. Check it out online at www.alloutdoorbenches.com. You will find benches made of theia teak wood, oak and other wood. You can also find benches made of plastic and wrought iron. Low priced shipping is also available. Use money back coupons to get a great deal on these benches.
You can buy great outdoor benches for personal or commercial use at www.alloutdoorbenches.com. You can also buy bench accessories including bench covers, pillows, cushion and other items. Visit the user friendly website and start shopping according to price range, types or category. You will love the products and the discount coupons.


--- layout: post title: You Will Be Assimilated date: 2004-11-25 00:00:00 category: personal ---
Hah. One by one they start to fall... Ju is moblogging from the Learning Support Assistants strike today, outside Hove Town Hall.
And I have a feeling she doesn't even know what moblogging is. When friends and family start to do this stuff because they want to, not because they're interested in thinking deeply about it, or in technical nuances or cleverness, then you know they're onto something...


| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| DijkstraScheme |
DijkstraScheme implements the Dijkstra Algorithm for finding the Shortest Path between a Pair of Vertexes
in a Graph.
|
| DijkstraWengert |
DijkstraWengert maintains the Intermediate Wengert Objects generated during a Single Sequence of the
Scheme Run.
|
| SinglyLinkedNode |
SinglyLinkedNode implements the Node behind a Singly Linked List.
|
| Topography |
Topography holds Vertex Nodes and the Paths between them.
|
| Vertex |
Vertex implements a Single Vertex Node and the corresponding Egresses emanating from it.
|
| VertexPeriphery |
VertexPeriphery holds the given Vertex's Previous Traversal Vertex and the Weight from the Source.
|
| VertexPeripheryMap |
VertexPeripheryMap holds the Map of Vertex Peripheries by Weight and Vertex Name.
|


Contents
- General
- Item
- Label
- Meta
- Section
- Term
- Context
- Actor
- App
- Component
- Domain
- Module
- Product
- Release
- Resource
- Risk
- Service
- Stakeholder
- System
- User
- Requirement
- DataReq
- Class
- Data
- Input
- Member
- Output
- Relationship
- DesignReq
- FunctionalReq
- GeneralReq
- Epic
- Feature
- Goal
- Idea
- Issue
- Req
- Ticket
- WorkPackage
- QualityReq
- Breakpoint
- Barrier
- Quality
- Target
- ScenarioReq
- Scenario
- Task
- Test
- Story
- UseCase
- VariabilityReq
- StringAttribute
- Code
- Comment
- Deprecated
- Example
- Expectation
- FileName
- Gist
- Image
- Spec
- Text
- Title
- Why
- IntAttribute
- Benefit
- Capacity
- Cost
- Damage
- Frequency
- Min
- Max
- Order
- Prio
- Probability
- Profit
- Value
- StatusValueAttribute
- VectorAttribute
- binds
- deprecates
- excludes
- has
- helps
- hurts
- impacts
- implements
- interactsWith
- is
- precedes
- requires
- relatesTo
- superOf
- verifies


pineapple.
Subscribe to our newsletter and get 10% discount on pineapple glasses.
I agree to terms of service
You have successfully subscribed to our email listing. Check your email for the discount code.


Adverse Drug Reaction
Search here
Predict
This panel provides information on drug ADRs
{% for key, value in result.items() %}
{{ key }}
{% endfor %}
Developed by
Surya Gokul,
Ritika gupta,
Gaby Srivastava,
Gayathri Devi,
Pushyami Keerthi,
Sayyed Nizamuddin Kaleem,
Sunanda Mahanta,
Simran Srivastava,
Mohit Keshwani,
Surya Bhoite,
Biswajit Kumar Singh,
Meet Patel,
Akshat
Drug addiction doesn't last forever.


| Number of Classes | Line Coverage | Mutation Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 47% | 33% |
| Name | Line Coverage | Mutation Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| ColorTools.java | 0% |
0% |
| FormatCompliance.java | 33% |
4% |
| ImageDump.java | 0% |
0% |
| ImageFormats.java | 98% |
0% |
| ImageInfo.java | 51% |
25% |
| ImageParser.java | 29% |
27% |
| Imaging.java | 67% |
64% |
| PixelDensity.java | 36% |
2% |


Could you think back to your training and tell me about your most enjoyable memory about other chefs and their kitchens?
It was when everyone was enjoying what their specific work and tasks were and that pleasure gets reflected back to the customer in the food.
Can you please choose one dish that was hard to learn or that did not translate between England and France or vice versa?
“Gargouillou”, which is a dish of young vegetables and herbs, can only be done in the Aubrac region. It is located in the department of Northern Averyron at the border with Cantal and Lozere in central France.
Can you remember a mistake in a recipe that turned out to be a great idea?
I wasn’t there when it happened but someone spilt muscovado sugar into a dry black olive mix and then it intentionally got used as an ingredient for all sorts of dishes. It was actually a successful combination.
Did you acquire any nicknames while you were training?
At the age of 14, my nickname was Birdie because I looked like a newborn bird whilst I
was
working at a local hotel’s kitchen in Falkirk in Scotland.
The second nickname was Nigel that I acquired at Amaryllis restaurant in Glasgow,
working
with David Dempsey, who was operating the restaurant for Gordon Ramsey in 2002. There
were
two Neil’s working in the kitchen and David had to differentiate between us.
L’Ecossais was acquired during my time working with Michel Bras at Laguiole in France at his restaurant Bras.
Could you mention one of your memories about David Dempsey who has since died?
I remember him asking me for a lift back to our flat where we lived because he had left the tap on and flooded the flat below us!
Was it your cooking that finally seduced Angela?
It was my personality! We got on really well when I worked for her at the Connaught Hotel. Then we decided to meet in Paris, which was where we got together. We went to l’Astrance, l’Assiette and we stayed at a hotel called Le Petit Palace which was far from a petit palace (LAUGHS). My boss at the time, Michel Bras, in France recommended it.
Angela is a combo of Welsh and Italian and you are Scottish, who cooks at home?
Either of us. When she cooks, I will do my carving of meat. LOL!!
What made your will so strong to fight for your recovery after your bike accident in November 2012?
When you enjoy what you do so much, you spend your life with the people you cook with in the kitchen, and they become your family. I didn’t want to lose that family. I was terrified not to be able to cook as before. After the accident, I ran a half marathon.
I was so impressed to discover that you had to relearn the precision of your knife movements.
Yes I was lucky. In hindsight, I went back to The Square restaurant far too early but it was a safe environment for me to get back under the direction of Phil Howard.
Any dreams in particular while hospitalised?
I dreamt while I was in coma. It was about me and my best man. We were in America and we were at an ATM machine. We needed some cash as we were trying to bet on Europe to win the Ryder cup. The truth is that my friend never put money on the bet but Europe won. Stella McCartney was also in the dream as her shop on Burton Street is opposite The Square restaurant where I was working before the accident.
What is the strongest influence now at the French house?
Fergus Anderson who is a good friend and one of the most influential people in British cooking by a mile started this lovely institution. I was touched to be asked to be part of it. I think customers appreciate the delicious classical food and people value the consistent high standards we maintain.
What is your signature dish?
Calf brains, which is a typically traditional French dish, are elevated as we cook them in brown butter with capers and parsley. I love French food and I was lucky to be trained in France for three years by Michel Bras. It is important to get the dishes superbly prepped and then to surprise people by how simply they taste.
Can you suggest a wine pairing with the dish?
I would pair it with Crozes Hermitage Les Trois Chenes 2016 produced by Emmanuel Durand.
What is your favourite pudding?
Paris Brest is one of my favourites as I love cycling. Paris Brest is also a bike race: Paris to Brest and then back to Paris and that’s why the pudding is shaped as a cycle wheel.
What is your favourite kitchen utensil?
A chef always needs a good knife. I use a small pairing knife from Nontron in Perigord. The brand is one of the oldest artisanal knives in France.

Butter. The more I cook here at the French house, the more we use it.
Where do you travel to get inspiration for your food?
From a very young age, I took inspiration from France and their respect for l’art de la table. The French have a different mentality. Even on busy roads in France you can eat very well at a routier restaurant and drink a good bottle of wine. Angela and I try to travel when we have some time off and experience different cuisines.
What is the most memorable culinary moment you ever experienced?
I would say at the Connaught under the direction of Angela Hartnett, we used to do a
crab and scallop mousse, wrapped in celeriac cannelloni. It is a Scottish crab mousse
with a Celeriac remoulade. The head chef Neil Ferguson was fantastic and worked at
L’Arpege and at L’Esperance with Marc Meneau, who was very good at sharing his
knowledge. He was generous.
At The Square under the supervision of Phil Howard, it was called the crab lasagne It
was a similar mix with crab, scallop, and with a langoustine bisque foam layered in
parsley pasta sheets like a lasagne.
In France, I experienced le vin jaune sauce (from Arbois or La Part des Anges) which is
so peculiar and rare and that Michel Bras used in his cooking.
He was also a pioneer by being the first one to create fondant au chocolat in 1981.
Bras also initiated me with the Black truffle butter, using truffles from Comprégnac,
served with a cote de boeuf, which was delicious combination.
Are you a chopsticks or knife and fork or hands person?
I am chopsticks and hands person.
What would be your last meal before going to heaven?
As a starter, I would go with Crab lasagne and for my main a ribeye beef with super ripe
tomato salad.
Pudding would be chocolate mousse and the wine a Cornas from the Rhone Valley, Les
Chaillets 2015 by Alain Voge.
What do you do to chill when you go home?
I watch a bit of cycling either Paris – Roubaix or Tour de France. If I weren’t a chef, I would have been a cyclist.
What is your motto?
Always think of others before yourself.
For any newcomers in the kitchen, what are your wisest words of wisdom?
It is a fantastic job but it is a lifestyle as well. To illustrate that point, most of our friends at our wedding apart from the family were from the industry. Be prepared to work hard. You’ll meet some fantastic people and you should aim to have fun and enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it, then don’t do it.


string preg_quote ( string $str [, string $delimiter = NULL ] )
preg_quote() takes str and puts a backslash in front of every character that is part of the regular expression syntax. This is useful if you have a run-time string that you need to match in some text and the string may contain special regex characters. The special regular expression characters are: . \ + * ? [ ^ ] $ ( ) { } = ! <
> | : -
Returns the quoted string.


Created by: Jared Ahaza
Github username/URL
Level 2 test for :
Java
Ping-pong will count up to your number from one of the following expectations:


--- creation_epoch:<PHONE_NUMBER> lastmod_epoch:<PHONE_NUMBER> categories: Misc title: Custom filesystem format --- Some musings on what my own custom file system would look like:
| File location start address | 64-bits | 8 bytes | 16 exbibyte maximum volume size |
| File length | 64-bits | 8 bytes | 16 exbibyte maximum file size |
| Filename | 8 * 2 * 255 = 4080 bits | 510 bytes | Each character is UTF-16 encoded, 2 bytes / character, 254 characters maximum (character 255 is the null character) |


Chelsea Football Club are an English professional football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, the club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. Chelsea are among England's most successful clubs, having won over thirty competitive honours, including six league titles and six European trophies. Their home ground is Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea won their first major honour, the League Championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970 and their first European honour, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971. After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s, the club enjoyed a revival in the 1990s and had more success in cup competitions. The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea's history: they won five of its six league titles and the UEFA Champions League during this period. Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA's main club competitions, and the only London club to have won the Champions League.